Chapter 8: There Will Not Be Next Time

POV of Yuranos

At that moment when I was put into the creek, the world seemed to go in slow motion. The water carried me, the mother lioness ran back into the battle and I could only watch her pull away while I was taken by the river.

"Gyaauu (waaiit)"

When he'd finally managed to scream, he'd started down the ravine. The stream was gaining speed, and I had the feeling of being on a water slide, but without an ounce of fun and even with increasing speed I could not see the end.

The moonlight barely illuminated inside the ravine, time passed and as I went down, the sound of the river was higher. The sound was fierce, you could imagine the speed with which it ran.

When I finally got down there, I finally figured out the feeling of jumping from an ordinary car to a Formula 1 car while both are moving, the impact was so much that I felt dizzy for a few seconds, there's also one thing I finally realized, I do not know how to swim, I'm almost drowning here, I had not noticed before because the creek is not very deep.

"Glub! Glub! Glub! *"

But the river is very deep, what do I do here? I'm drinking more water than I drank my whole life!

"* Glub! Glub! Glub! *" "* Swoosh! *"

Suddenly the water began to accelerate, it sounded like a waterfall rising higher, I started to try to swim desperately, but no matter how I tried my body just went towards the sound.

"Why is this happening to me? All I had done was hunt down some slimes and for the first time I had killed a rabbit horn. All I wanted was to become stronger- * glubglub *, I just wanted to be able to take the human form. Why? - * Cof! Cof! * "

I was already screaming at myself, swallowing water and coughing, did not know what to do, the feeling of sadness and despair only grew inside me and without realizing it I was finally thrown by the river, moving away from the water more and more. But when I finally began to fall, I could see that the whole world had changed, was not even close to the ravine, and the river was passing through a circle about 1 meter in diameter.

"Splash!"

When I finally hit the water below, I could see that the distance from where the river water passed was not too great.

"I'm alive?"

I wondered in shock as I was swept away by the falling water, when I finally came in I came in a shallow part, I went immediately to the earth and shook as much water as possible before looking around, wondering what this place is.

"So beautiful, the flowers are magnificent, there are so many types, some even shine and that is bright crystals? They seem to shine brighter than flowers. "

I said as I looked at what was in front of me, stepping on a grass floor with the ideal size is a beautiful green, seems to combine completely with the moon and the stars in the sky.

"I'am dreaming?"

I wondered as I turned to the sound of falling water like a small waterfall.

"Is this a lake? Whoooaaa! "

When I looked up at what appears to be a pond being filled, I saw something incredibly huge, huge, it would be more accurate, I can not even see where its height ends, but its width would need about 100 to 200 adult people to be able to embrace it and look that I am at a considerable distance from it.

"Is this a tree? HUH?"

As I wondered if this was really a tree, someone grabbed me behind the same way someone would pick up a cat, lifted me and turned my body towards them, when I saw those faces, I felt such an intense mixture of emotions that neither I understood what was happening,

was anxiety, admiration, fear, respect, veneration, fascination, surprise and more, my heart beat faster than when I felt the danger in the forest, my eyes were intensely focused on that face for fear that I forgot a single detail, I could hardly think if what I saw was real or a dream, I really doubt if I can dream of something so…

"Perfect, you're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life."

Aaaaaahhh, I ended up talking loudly, but all that came out was Gyagyagyau.

"## * ### * ##### * ## * ####"

Huh? I did not understand anything she said. But what I do? Her voice is equally charming. She tilted her head slightly and blinked a few times, then smiled as if she'd thought of a solution.

"## * ##### * # * #### * # * ### * ## * #####"

She spoke a few things and her hand started to shine, so she put her hand on my head, when the glare ran out she spoke again.

"Now can you understand me?"

Huh? That is? Am I understanding you? I began to shed tears for finally hearing and understanding someone else.

"Yes! I super understand, my name is Yuranos, very pleased. (Gyaygyaugya) "

I should have imagined that I would continue to speak like this, the tears of happiness turned to tears of sadness.

"Very glad Yuranos, you can call me Iris and do not have to worry I have the reading ability of the mind, so I am able to talk to you Yuranos."

She comforted me, so her name is Iris her lovely voice, she managed to calm me, my vision that was so focused returned to normal and I could see her in full, her hair is long, with a slight ripple, every strand of her head appear to be made of gold, your eyes carry the colors of the rainbow, her skin is white as snow, the outfit she wore was a white, strapless dress, the V-shaped halter neckline only highlighted the size of her breasts, would be in the D-cup, her thin waist had a belt made of some leather and inlaid with crystals that would form together a small drawing of a tree surrounded by flowers, how they managed to make such a perfect drawing with crystals only demonstrates the craftsman's divine talent, the length of her dress goes up to her knees, her long legs showed that her size is around 1.80 to 1.90 meters in height, her bare feet did not have a single mistake, all seems to be tailor made for every part of your body. Even if it fits into what would be a tall woman on earth in terms of height, her appearance would be that of a perfect model, supreme or divine, nothing beneath that.

"You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life."

I honestly praised her.

"Thanks for the compliment, but would you like to know what such a cute kitten was doing in a river at this time of night?"

She smiled and thanked him for the compliment, but you know, I was not complimenting, I simply told the facts, and she asked me what I was doing in the river?

"I had not gone to the river because I wanted to, I was simply put in it to escape hunters."

I said with my head down, all the tension I had to stop at such an incredible place was completely replaced by the sadness and memory of when I woke up in this world, from the jokes with the puppies, from the look of the mother lioness and dad lion, to the last ones moments before being thrown into the creek. The independent audit for connection had formed in the mine to the least sacrifice the dialogs, memories and the key is formed within the separation that they have to be smoking, and the testing has been based on I saw the family and were planned to to protect me.

"We came to value what it is when it's too late."

I let out in a low voice.

"What I did was remember something bad, but in times of sadness, pour like tears and always the best solution."

As a mother, she put me on my lap, began to caress me. All that should be left to sadness to go out in pain until sleeping.

***

"Nmmm."

When I woke up the sun was already booming. The return of the search for iris, and she was on the other side of the lake, near the giant tree. I walked up to her and complied: "Good Morning Iris, I'm sorry and thank you for yesterday."

"Yesterday? You slept for 3 nights and two days, but you did not care about it, are you feeling better now? "

When she said I slept, 3 whole days I was completely scared, since it was not me who slept that long.

"Yes, I'm much better now, but did you say I slept for almost 3 days?"

I asked, still unsure how to sleep for so long.

"Yes, apparently you were really tired, I do not know what you did, but if you had not got here as soon as possible, you would die."

There is? Die? But what had I done that could consume so much mana that I ran the risk of dying? And why would I have to get here as soon as possible?

"What do you mean when you said get there as soon as possible?"

I asked with great curiosity about this place.

"This place is my home, it is where the world tree is, so here it is much richer in mana than the forest you were in and the reason you urgently need so much mana is why you probably have exhausted every bit of mana that you had inside your body, the fact that you were awake at that moment surprised me. "

Heh? Tree of the world? Rich in mana? Have I exhausted all the magic? Wait…

"I really had done something like that, when the dad lion was all wounded I used everything I had to heal him, and I felt extremely lethargic when I had woken up in the middle of the battle."

I remembered the feeling I felt when I awoke, also from the last scenes.

"Iris I have a request, can you help me rescue my family, please?"

"I'm sorry Yuranos, there are things I can do and things I can not do, get out of this place and intervene in a battle between people and monsters is one of the things I can not do."

I asked her, hoping she still had time to help them, but her response was negative.

"I must really apologize to you, yesterday I searched around the place you had left, but all I found was a remnant of battles, and your family was not hunted by hunters, but by adventurers."

She said looking at me seriously.

"This world is like this, it is a rule of nature that can not be changed."

I can not deny what she said, even in my world the strong devours the weak, but still, I feel my heart torn with pain.

"Yuranos are likely to be sold, since they are valuable when they are young, if they are lucky they will go to a good family."

"But if you're unlucky... Leave it, thanks for trying to help me."

Haaa, I can not be cashing in on Iris, I just do not know what to do now.

"Yuranos, if you want I can help you with something else."

Iris said as if she had an idea.

"What and how?"

I asked in an attempt to cheer myself up.

"If you want I can train you, train to the point that next time you will at least have the ability to fight. And who knows in the future you will not find them one more time? "

She said, training huh, although this time I was useless, I certainly accepted.

"Can I really get stronger? Strong the bridge of not having to fear this result again? "

I asked.

"Well, I can not guarantee that you will survive the training, since my plans for you will be Tyrants, but if you survive, you'll be strong, make sure."

Upon hearing this, I just had a choice.

"So of course I accept, only the strong can survive in this world and I have learned the hard way."

I was determined to go through whatever I needed. This is the last...

"There will not be a next time."

I said, forging every word in my heart.